500 Days in the Wild

synopsis

Award-winning director and cinematographer Dianne Whelan is the only person to complete this epic journey of discovery - hiking, biking, paddling, snowshoeing and skiing across the country. For a woman in her 50s who is not an extreme athlete, it was sometimes gruelling, occasionally harrowing, often exhilarating and always surprising. She started out alone, disillusioned with the state of the world and worried about climate change, to look for different ways of caring for the land and each other. She ended the journey a bit wiser, more hopeful, in love and with a passion to share this story.